C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) live position and data

This page shows Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 15300	0	03h 17m 22s	+26° 18’ 54”
Star	HIP 14893	5.7798	03h 12m 14s	+27° 15’ 25”
Star	HIP 15273	8.18	03h 17m 01s	+25° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 14594	8.01	03h 08m 25s	+26° 19’ 58”
Star	HIP 15000	8.2816	03h 13m 21s	+26° 23’ 29”
Star	HIP 14831	8.0504	03h 11m 30s	+26° 50’ 45”
Star	HIP 14610	8.1378	03h 08m 40s	+25° 35’ 30”
Star	HIP 15238	8.5124	03h 16m 32s	+26° 12’ 31”
Star	HIP 14984	8.5396	03h 13m 08s	+25° 30’ 54”
Star	HIP 14748	5.8982	03h 10m 27s	+26° 53’ 45”
Star	HIP 14719	6.4164	03h 10m 08s	+27° 49’ 11”
Star	HIP 15177	7.896	03h 15m 34s	+26° 54’ 12”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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